Has anyone read "The Interpretation of Murder" by Jed Rubenfeld?

[saltire]

I was looking for some books to buy and came across this one. I like some murder/detective books, Ian Rankin, karin Slaughter for example, but wanted to know if anyone ahd read this and if it was any good

Hi Saltire

I'm halfway through this at the moment. It's as much about Freud and his followers and turn of the Century New York as about murder and detection, but the Freudian stuff is lightly done, the period detail is excellent and the book is very well written. It isn't graphic, apart from the short scene detailing the first murder and even that is very lightweight compared to Rankin. There is even, I think, a romance - it's only just emerging at the mid-point of the book. Recommended.

I bought it but dh is reading it at the moment so I haven't been able to get my hands on it . He's been raving about it though.

ooh good, it's on my shelf of "not yet read" books

Haven't read it yet but know a few people who have and they all say it was brilliant.

yes, it's reasonably good. but I think the author is a bit over keen to show off about the research. you might find it a bit tame compared with Karin Slaughter though

Sorry i didn't get back to this last night. Thanks for all the comments, I think I will buy it, I have also ordered the new Rankin, now that it's out in paperback, it can match my collection.
mummytosteven, I take it you have read Karin Slaughter, do you like them? DH bought me her first 3 books for a present one year and I really enjoyed them, yet her and Rankin are the only detective books I read, (apart from Agatha Christie, but they are tame)

I got this after seeing it in the Book People's Richard and Judy magazine. Unfortunately they'd put the blurb from Restless underneath so I was a bit surprised that it wasn't about spies Once I'd figured out that it was a completely different book I did really enjoy it although I thought the ending was unbelievably predictable and cliched.

Yes, it's really good but a bit let down by the ending I thought. I'd still absolutely recommend it. Won't say too much if people are still reading it though!

Read this recently, and enjoyable, but agree felt a bit over-researched.
But forgettable in some respects though

Would also recommend this, although I do think it was over-hyped - it's good but not that good! I particularly enjoyed the period detail, but the ending did send my head into a bit of a tail-spin.

I'm in the middle of reading this book at the moment and I absolutely love it and don't want it to end! I love the descriptions of New York and that period in history is really interesting too. This is the second book I have bought from the Richard and Judy book club (the first was "The Girls" - also fantastic) and although I think R and J are pretty much awful to watch on television I will use their book club recommendations! Can anyone recommend a book for my next read from the R and J club?

I wasn't hog-whimpering wild, personally.

Agree with what everyone has said. Good period stuff, let-down ending.

Not one I'll ever read again.

The trouble with these sort of books is that I can't tell where real life ends and fiction begins so in the case of this book - knew nothing about Carl Jung before but intensly dislike him now.

BeckieB - Restless by William Boyd. Good spy thriller with dual time line - WWII and early 80s.

MummytoSteven, thanks for the tip! Haven't read William Boyd before so will give it a go! I hope Kate Atkinson writes another book soon, my current favourite author. It used to be John Irving but I think he's gone off the boil a bit.
Baby in the land of nod, husband in the land of pub, I'm off to the land of Freud in New York!